rate. our business correspondent colletta smith reports on getting back to work for over 2million people still using the scheme. it had been such a long time coming. i was so excited to get ready, pick out the outfit of coming back to work and just seeing my friends that i hadn t gotten to see at work. and just sit at my desk after a whole 15 months, it was quite exciting. ten days ago, her life got busy again. after so long on furlough, she was over the moon getting the call asking her to come back. originally supposed to come back before the december lockdown. when the country went into lockdown at that point, i did feel a bit insecure to the point of the fact that, will i be able to come back because i had been anticipating that initial return to work? i did worry a little bit. staff here have been brought back gradually as business has increased. further comes with a £66 billion price tag from the government but
quite significant falls in the number of people on further and just over1 million people are still fully off work. it s fair to say the rate of decline has slowed between may and june and that probably reflects that a lot of those people who would have come back to work have now gone back, particularly in hospitality and retail. we ve got some way to go yet before we are able to fully wind up the furlough scheme. until now, what have we seen in terms of changes to the unemployment level? , , ., , level? this is the really interesting level? this is the really interesting thing. i level? this is the really - interesting thing. unemployment level? this is the really interesting thing. unemployment is falling again, below 5%. there are no signed redundancies are picking up no signed redundancies are picking up or drop exits are picking up. the declining number of people on further appears to be fuel going back to work rather than becoming unemployed. that s a good sign for the future
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